Steve Mason (ice hockey)
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Mason pictured with the Philadelphia Flyers
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May 29, 1988 Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 223 lb (101 kg; 15 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Philadelphia Flyers Columbus Blue Jackets |
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| NHL Draft | 69th overall, 2006 Columbus Blue Jackets |
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| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
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Representing  Canada
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| World Junior Championships | ||
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2008 Czech Republic | |
Steve Mason (born May 29, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 69th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Playing major junior in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he spent three seasons with the London Knights and Kitchener Rangers. In the 2006–07 season, he was named OHL Goaltender of the Year. He joined the Blue Jackets in 2008–09 and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year. Internationally, he won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championships while earning tournament MVP and Best Goaltender honours.
Mason grew up in Oakville, Ontario, playing mostly A hockey until his Bantam year, when he moved up to the AAA level with the Oakville Rangers of the OMHA's South Central AAA League. He was drafted after his minor midget season with Oakville by the London Knights of the OHL in the 11th round of the 2004 OHL Priority Selection.
In 2004–05, while attending Abbey Park High School, he led the Grimsby Peach Kings club to the OHA Jr.C. title in 2004–05 and in 2005–06 was assigned to the Petrolia Jets Jr.B. club when his playing time was limited with London. Despite this, Mason was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the third round, 69th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He started the 2007–08 season with the Blue Jackets, but was returned to London after being a healthy scratch for Columbus' first two games of the season. While competing for Team Canada at the 2008 World Junior Championships, he was traded by the Knights to the Kitchener Rangers on January 4, 2008, hours before the semi-final game.
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